Foul Language

The
current debate on personal firearms ownership has been skillfully
orchestrated through the inappropriate use of customized jargon. By
creating and perpetuating catch phrases including ballistic
fingerprinting, assault weapons, safety license, and high-capacity
magazines, anti-self defense advocates have created the illusion of a
legitimate firearms debate. If gun-ban groups were to take an honest
approach and say what they mean, the firearms debate would be a
non-issue because the overwhelming majority of Americans would find the
aims of gun-banners to be contrary to the U.S. Constitution and our
innate right to life and self defense.

Sadly, many well
meaning Americans have found themselves in a defensive position by adopting
the deceitful catch phrases introduced by organizations whose intent
is not to keep people safe, but to remove or greatly impair Americans'
ability to defend themselves. Adopting these catch phrases creates an
air of legitimacy and allows anti-self defense advocates to vocalize
their rhetoric to the masses.

It is imperative,
therefore, to point out the inadequacies of the catch phrases invented
by gun-ban groups and to use appropriate language that conveys the actual
meaning of the words used.

A few examples
are:

Anti-Self
Defense Catch Phrase

Accurate
Terminology

Assault
Weapon - Suggests that the only use for this type of weapon
is to conduct an assault. Certain weapons are dubbed "assault
weapons" at the discretion of those who want to ban them.

Traditional
Semi-Automatic Firearm of the type that has been commercially
available since 1896 - These firearms fire one round of ammunition
for every single pull of the trigger.

Ballistic
Fingerprint - Suggests that the barrel of a firearm is unique
and cannot be changed.

Ballistic
Snapshot - Accounts for the fact that the barrel of a firearm
can be altered in seconds with minimal effort. Costs millions
in taxpayer dollars with no tangible benefit other than to create
a database of firearms owners.

Child
Safety

Real
child safety is the knowledge that they carry in their minds
(analog: no rational parent would try to keep their children away
from all bodies of water forever-they teach their children to swim
as soon as they are old enough); Eddie Eagle safety training

- Accounts
for the fact that there are countless thousands of firearms laws
and regulations currently in force and that additional restrictions
would likely inhibit a reasonable person's ability to defend oneself
with a firearm.

High
Capacity Magazine - Provides a mental image of a firearm with
a very large magazine hanging out of the bottom.

Standard
Capacity Magazine - Standard 15 round magazine routinely included
with the semi-automatic firearm at the time of purchase. These
magazines were not dubbed "high capacity" until gun-ban
organizations decided they should be banned.

Pocket
Rocket - Suggests that small handguns are routinely carried
in one's pocket, usually by a gang member.

Inherently
unreasonable gun control laws that attack/ punish/ burden/ handicap
law-abiding citizens rather than violent criminals (note that any
truly reasonable law would actually reduce crime, and none of these
have that effect)

Firearm-Owner
Registration - Mandates personal registration with the local
Sheriff or Police Department. Sets up additional costs and barriers
to firearms ownership.

Saturday
Night Special

Small
Handgun, Pocket Policeman, Safe and affordable self-defense firearm;
affordable life insurance; working class defensive firearm; (in
some jurisdictions only) Glock or Beretta or other Police issue
sidearm; defensive firearm for the elderly and others on fixed incomes
- Generally preferred by women with small hands, handicapped
persons, the elderly, and those with a concealed weapons permit.

Saving
the Children

Gun
control endangers children because gun control increases violent
crime by shifting the balance of power to favor the criminals and
disarming helpless victims.

Second
Amendment gives us the right...

Second
Amendment recognizes a pre-existing natural right (of self-defense
against individuals, gangs, and tyrannical governments) and protects
it from government infringement

Gun-ban groups
have succeeded in confusing a number of Americans by conjuring up misleading
and deceitful terminology. Confusion is a form of victory as it renders
many Americans to inaction thereby increasing the power of the anti-self
defense minority. Clearly, any individual or organization that uses
such dishonest tactics to further its agenda cannot be trusted to exercise
influence over the American people.